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Chrysanthemums are short day plant growth and flower initiation is influenced by long exposure. This study aims to investigate the influence of light colors in addition to the seven varieties of flowering chrysanthemums and get a light color most suitable for the growth and flowering of chrysanthemum.
The study consisted of two factors which are arranged in a split plot design, extra light color is the main plots and varieties as subplot. Additional light used include light white, red, blue and green, while yellow varieties used the Aster varieties of red, white daisies, M, 2000, Felling green, white Semifil, Fiji, and Puspita archipelago
The results showed that chrysanthemum get additional light has a better growth and longer life, chrysanthemum with additional light LED lights blue and red have the growth that is faster than the other lights. Fiji varieties which gets extra light amber color LED lights have the highest growth 30.4 cm at the age of 4 weeks, the width of the leaves on the flower varieties archipelago has the most rapid growth of 5.5 cm at the age of 4 weeks and the number of leaves of most varieties Fiji many in light blue LED lights which are 21 strands at the age of 4 weeks. Chrysanthemum flower diameter is not affected by the addition of light with different colors